Customer Experience Management – Keeping Customers Happy & Connected: Telecom software is increasingly being used by mobile operators to manage the customer experience. The need for more advanced platforms has …
2013
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LatAm Wrap-Up: Brazil tells Telefónica to leave Telecom Italia or find new Vivo partner >
Brazil’s antitrust regulator has issued a negative assessment of Telefónica’s recent move to bolster its stake in the Telco holding company that owns about 22% of Telecom Italia, the company that controls Brazilian …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Carrier Wrap: Consumer Cellular set to offer iPhone line; TeliaSonera fires 4 executives >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SBA digs deeper into Brazil; picks up more than 2K sites from Oi for $645M >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
SBA Communications deepened its tower holdings in Brazil, announcing today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 2,007 wireless sites from that country’s largest telecommunications provider Oi for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Kindle Fire HD emerges as popular gaming device >
Amazon says that its own Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX 7 were the best sellers on its website during the weekend that included Black Friday and Cyber Monday. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile data roaming costs remain hurdle for enterprise >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Mobile data roaming has become the enemy of international travelers, with many coming back from trips abroad with monumental bills tied to their continued use of cellular and Wi-Fi services …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Time Trippin’: WiMAX remains defiant; Cox launches wireless service … 4 years ago this week >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Cellphone-Mate unveils signal boosters meeting new FCC requirements >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Signal booster design and manufacturing company Cellphone-Mate introduced four new products this week that the company says have passed all of the tests for pending Federal Communications Commission requirements for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Alcatel-Lucent taps non-traditional partners for small cells >
For mobile operators considering small cell deployments, the questions are many: backhaul, logistics, handoffs, interoperability, and of course cost. Through a series of innovative partnerships, Alcatel-Lucent has created a system …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">UK government, carriers reach agreement on consumer ‘bill shock’ initiatives >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
A handful of U.K.-based telecommunication operators have agreed to a list of consumer-oriented initiatives designed to dampen the so-called “bill shock” phenomenon of when a customer received unexpected charges on …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Wheeler taps spectrum, unlocked devices as core to competitive mobile space >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Though only on the job for a few weeks now, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has quickly begun to layout his vision for how the government regulator will view …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Alcatel-Lucent, Las Vegas first responders test LTE public safety network >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Alcatel-Lucent and first responders in Nevada recently conducted a six-month trial of an LTE network for public safety, using 700 MHz allotted by the First Responders Network Authority, or FirstNet. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Moto X ‘Cyber Monday’ promotion crashes Motorola site >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Motorola’s website suffered a meltdown on “Cyber Monday” as demand for the device maker’s Moto X smartphone outstripped the capabilities of its host. Motorola had planned on offering up unlocked …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BlackBerry embraces competitors’ devices >
BlackBerry CEO John Chen has been on the job for almost a month now, and he is making good on his promise to focus on the software side of the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Key trends, Pt. 1 – it’s all about data >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
This week we start an end of year “trends” series which looks at six large movements across wireless and wired worlds. This week, we will focus on two ways the industry is tackling the problem of growing data usage.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Wireless device aims to make phone chargers obsolete >
Now that mobile device users are becoming accustomed to ubiquitous Wi-Fi connectivity, the next step may be wireless charging stations. An Israeli startup called Wi-Charge is creating a wireless charging …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CRTC ‘code’ to ease burden on Canadian wireless customers goes into effect >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Canadian wireless customers beginning this week will be able to take advantage of a new “wireless code” designed to ease the burden on subscribing to wireless services. The code, which …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">HetNet News: Amdocs launches new small cell, Wi-Fi products >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Amdocs is moving into network-based solutions for small cells and Wi-Fi with the goal of helping service providers better monetize heterogeneous networks. The company has launched its Amdocs Small Cell …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Carriers offer free LTE smartphones >
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility are both offering high-end smartphones for free with two-year contracts. The deals are in place for Cyber Monday but may last longer. Threatened by competitors …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">UK urged to free up 650 megahertz of spectrum by 2020 to meet consumer demand >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The United Kingdom will need to free up as much as 650 megahertz of new spectrum over the next six years if it wants to keep ahead of rising consumer …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon’s Terremark reportedly loses healthcare.gov contract (Mobile Minute) >
Data center problems have reportedly been adding to the frustration of federal workers scrambling to improve the healthcare.gov website. The data center, run by Verizon Communication’s Terremark subsidiary, went down …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Akamai to buy Prolexic >
Cloud platform provider Akamai (AKAM) hopes to secure its future with the purchase of Prolexic, a Florida-based developer of cloud-based security solutions for protecting data centers and enterprise IP applications …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SK Telecom continues to push LTE-A boundaries; next stop 300 Mbps >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
South Korea’s SK Telecom continues to push the limits of LTE technology demonstrating late last week an upgrade to its LTE-Advanced service that combines spectrum assets across two bands that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">NTIA, DoD endorse FCC’s AWS-3 spectrum plans >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The government’s plan to auction spectrum in the so-called AWS-3 band received a significant boost this week as the Department of Defense agreed to relocate current operations in the 1755-1780 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Tablets versus touchscreen PCs >
Tablets are set to outsell both PCs and notebooks next year. Market research firm Canalys is predicting that 285 million tablets will ship next year, more than the 192 million …